Evidence
9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).
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[1]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSSL-62 ex USS LCS(L)(3)-62 (verified live 2026-09-30) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Page header; service chronology; campaign table; awards block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource identifies this hull as USS LSSL-62, ex USS LCS(L)(3)-62: laid down 22 September 1944 at Albina Engine and Machine Works Inc., Portland OR; launched 23 October 1944; commissioned USS LCS(L)(3)-62 on 4 December 1944, LT. Everett Francis Greenleaf USNR in command. World War II assignment: Asiatic-Pacific Theater, LCS(L)(3) Flotilla Four (CDR. N. Phillips USN), LCS(L)(3) Group Twelve (LCDR. B. D. Voegelin USNR), LCS(L)(3) Division Twenty-One; campaign participation: Okinawa Gunto operation - assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 26 March to 30 June 1945. Postwar: occupation service in the Far East 2 September to 3 December 1945; decommissioned, date unknown; laid up with the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Columbia River Group; redesignated Landing Ship Support Large USS LSSL-62 on 28 February 1949; struck from the Naval Register, date unknown; one battle star for World War II service; withdrawn from reserve and transferred to Italy in 1953, named Mastino (L9853); final disposition scrapped by the Italian Navy in 1983. Awards listed: Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive, Okinawa), American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1), World War II Victory Medal, Navy Occupation Service Medal (Asia clasp), Philippines Liberation Medal; personnel award: Bronze Star with combat V to LT. Everett Francis Greenleaf USNR, CO.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1983
- Population
- USS LCS(L)(3)-62 / LSSL-62 crew (1944-1951); Albina construction trades (1944); Italian Navy crew (1951/1953-1974)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry; its milestones are carried with corroboration where available (commissioning corroborated by NARA Special List #44 and the NHHC 1 May 1945 fleet-organization document). Italian-service transfer and disposition dates conflict with Italian secondary sources (25 July 1951 handover; 1974 striking) - see ev-uss-lcs-l-3-62-lcsl362-07 and gaps. The page expressly leaves the decommissioning and striking dates unknown. No asbestos content: it does not identify asbestos-containing materials, surveys, abatement events, or exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-62-lcsl362-01
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[2]NavSource Online, 'A Brief History of LCS(L) 62' by Lt. E. F. Greenleaf, Commanding Officer (firsthand unit narrative; verified live 2026-09-30) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Full narrative text on the 050062h history subpage
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The commanding officer's firsthand history records: commissioning at Portland, Oregon on 4 December 1944, then San Diego for LCS(L)(3) Flotilla Four shakedown under Capt. N. Phillips; 'in all respects ready for sea' on 8 February 1945; Pacific transit via Pearl Harbor and Eniwetok with final preparations at Saipan; D-Day (1 April 1945) bombardment of the Okinawa beaches; radar picket duty 25-80 miles offshore; a night engagement on 3 April in which the picket force accounted for six enemy aircraft, the 62 destroying a bomber and assisting in destroying a fighter; more than 150 air raids and more than 200 general quarters during the campaign; smoke-screening of fleet units and anti-suicide-boat patrols during rest periods; a night engagement on 6 June sinking a Japanese suicide-swimmer boat; a 22 June night engagement downing a twin-engine bomber, bringing the ship's score to three aircraft; departure 10 July for Leyte after 110 consecutive days of combat; sailing 3 September with LCS Flotilla Four for Tokyo Bay, arriving 11 September 1945.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-12-04 to 1945-09-26
- Population
- USS LCS(L)(3)-62 crew (1944-45)
- Limitations
- Recollection-grade firsthand testimony provided to NavSource by the National Association of USS LCS(L) 1-130 and hosted on a secondary platform; narrative is undated but internally dated to about 26 September 1945. No asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-62-lcsl362-02
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[3]Secretary of the Navy Bronze Star Medal citation to Everett Francis Greenleaf, USNR, with a parallel Commander Amphibious Forces Pacific Fleet temporary citation (scanned PDF; OCR-extracted 2026-09-30) [other_primary]
- Locator
- PDF pp. 1-2 (SECNAV citation; ComAmphForPacFlt temporary citation)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The Secretary of the Navy citation names this hull: 'For heroic achievement as Commanding Officer of the U.S.S. LCS(L)(3) 62, during the assault and capture of Okinawa from April to June 1945. While his ship was assigned hazardous radar picket duty and twice attacked by enemy suicide planes, Lieutenant Greenleaf effectively directed the gunfire of his ship to destroy one hostile aircraft and assist in the destruction of two others, thereby contributing materially to the success achieved by his ship in this assault operation.' Lieutenant Greenleaf was authorized to wear the Combat 'V'. The same PDF carries a temporary citation from the Commander, Amphibious Forces, U.S. Pacific Fleet for the same service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945-04 to 1945-06 (cited period)
- Population
- LT. Everett F. Greenleaf USNR; USS LCS(L)(3)-62 crew
- Limitations
- Personnel-award documents naming the hull - combat-service record only. Text extracted by OCR from a scanned PDF (minor character noise; content unambiguous). No asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-62-lcsl362-03
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[4]National Archives, Special List #44, by Ship Numbers (NARA finding aid for Navy logbook holdings) [other_primary]
- Locator
- PDF p. 33, entry 'LCS(L)(3)-62 12/4/1944 6/30/1945'
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Special List #44 records LCS(L)(3)-62 with a 12/4/1944 begin date and a 6/30/1945 end date in the list's Ship/Begin Date/End Date columns - logbook coverage consistent with the documented 4 December 1944 commissioning and spanning the Okinawa campaign period.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-12-04 to 1945-06-30
- Population
- U.S. Navy vessel administrative records
- Limitations
- Finding-aid entry: the columns denote coverage dates of logbooks in NARA custody, not a complete administrative service history. It contains no asbestos information and does not establish exposure or material conditions aboard. Whether the underlying deck logs have been digitized is unverified (NARA catalog is JS-rendered).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-62-lcsl362-04
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[5]NHHC, United States Pacific Fleet Organization, 1 May 1945 (online reading room transcription) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Fleet organization table, 'LCS GROUP 11 (1)' > 'LCS DIVISION 21' > 'LCS 62 | Lt. E. F. Greenleaf (USNR)'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The official Pacific Fleet organization list of 1 May 1945 places LCS 62 in LCS Division 21, LCS Group 11 (ComLCSGrp 11: Lt. Cdr. C. E. Montgomery USNR), commanded by Lt. E. F. Greenleaf (USNR) - confirming the hull, its commanding officer, and its operational chain of command during the Okinawa campaign.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945-05-01
- Population
- USS LCS(L)(3)-62 crew; Amphibious Forces Pacific Fleet organization
- Limitations
- Single-date organizational snapshot. It lists 'LCS Group 11 / Division 21' while NavSource's wartime assignment line gives Flotilla Four / Group Twelve / Division Twenty-One - the group designation differs between sources (a probable wartime reassignment; flagged in gaps, not resolved here). No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-62-lcsl362-05
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[6]NavSource LCS(L)(3) / LSSL class index (verified live 2026-09-30) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Class overview paragraphs at head of index page
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The class index states that 130 LCS(L)(3)s were built during World War II; they were developed by the George Lawley Company, Neponset, Massachusetts, and produced there and by Albina Engine and Machine Works and Commercial Iron Works, Portland, Oregon; LCS(L)(3)s served only in the Pacific campaign; in 1949 those remaining in the U.S. Navy inventory were redesignated Landing Ship Support Large (LSSL); fifty-three LSSLs were transferred to the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force in 1952 and numerous others to allied nations.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1953
- Population
- LCS(L)(3) class
- Limitations
- Class-level background only; it does not establish construction materials, asbestos content, or exposure aboard this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-62-lcsl362-06
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[7]Italian secondary sources for the Italian-service period: it.wikipedia 'Classe Alano' class article; storigrafica.it quoting Erminio Bagnasco (Associazione Nazionale Marinai d'Italia article, by a former Molosso commanding officer) [other_primary]
- Locator
- it.wikipedia Classe Alano class table (MA/9853 Mastino row); storigrafica.it 'Un segugio in Atlantico' (Bagnasco quotation)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Italian secondary sources record that six ex-LSSLs - 118, 62, 34, 64, 63 and 38 - were taken over by Italian crews at Jacksonville, Florida on 25 July 1951 and renamed Spinone, Mastino, Alano, Segugio, Molosso and Bracco respectively, forming the Marina Militare's Classe Alano of coastal gunboats employed on patrol and fishery-surveillance duties; they departed New York on 9 October 1951 and reached Brindisi on 3 December 1951. Per Bagnasco, all units except Alano (withdrawn 1971) were stricken (radiate) in 1974.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1951-1974
- Population
- Italian Navy crews (1951-1974)
- Limitations
- Secondary sourcing only (Italian Wikipedia class table; Bagnasco testimony via a secondary site); the Marina Militare official Almanacco Storico is JS-gated and no Mastino page could be retrieved. These sources conflict with NavSource's 'transferred to Italy in 1953' and 'scrapped ... 1983' - carried as unresolved date conflicts in gaps. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-62-lcsl362-07
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[8]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (published Oct 18, 1979; publicly released Oct 22, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2, 'Highlights' section
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO reviewed Navy efforts to protect workers from asbestos exposure at the Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards, including the use of asbestos in Navy ships, the cost of removing asbestos, and compensation programs for asbestos-related disabilities; the Navy's 1975 policy was to remove and replace with nonasbestos materials only insulation that was damaged or had to be removed for repairs, modified in 1979 to selectively replace asbestos insulation in high-maintenance areas. This documents Navy-wide asbestos insulation use spanning this hull's 1944 construction era.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1979 (report); era context 1940s-1970s
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers; asbestos program review
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation at named naval shipyards; it does not name this hull or the LCS(L)(3) class and establishes no material fact about this vessel. gao.gov returned HTTP 403 to direct fetch; the product-page content (including the linked 26-page full report pointer) was retrieved via firecrawl on 2026-09-30.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-62-lcsl362-08
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[9]Batch-5735 search ledger (this record): NavSource ship page, history subpage, award PDF, and class index; NARA Special List #44; NHHC Pacific Fleet organization 1 May 1945; GAO product page; Marina Militare Almanacco Storico (JS-gated); CourtListener authenticated API v4 (opinion and docket types); National Association of USS LCS(L) 1-130 research page [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lcs-l-3-62-lcsl362-01 through -19
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, asbestos-product identification, or exposure record naming USS LCS(L)(3)-62 / LSSL-62 / ITS Mastino (L9853) was found in the sources searched. Authenticated CourtListener searches returned zero results on all six required queries: exact name "USS LCS(L)(3)-62", exact hull number "LCS(L)(3)-62", and alias "LSSL-62", each across both opinion and docket search types.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-2026
- Population
- USS LCS(L)(3)-62 / LSSL-62 / ITS Mastino
- Limitations
- Bounded negative finding - absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard; CourtListener indexes opinions and RECAP dockets only, so non-indexed or state-court litigation remains outside this sweep; deck logs and action reports at NARA College Park and the LCS(L) Collection / L. Richard Rhame Papers at the NHHC Operational Archives are unsearched archival leads; no Italian-service asbestos or demolition record was located. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-62-lcsl362-09